Death Row Records
Death Row Records is an American hip hop record label. It was founded in 1991 by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight. Rappers/singers including Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nate Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, The Lady of Rage, RBX and Michel'le agreed to join the label, following with Tupac Shakur, who became the label's biggest star. The label declined when Shakur was killed in September 1996, Knight was charged with parole violation the following year, and when Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and many others left the label. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2006, and was sold to the MNRK Music Group (formally eOne Music). Snoop Dogg later purchased the rights to the trademark and music of Death Row Records in 2022, intending to revive the record label, which is currently active since, as an NFT label.
Albums[change | change source]
- Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
- Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
- Various artists - Above the Rim soundtrack (1994)
- Various artists - Murder Was the Case soundtrack (1994)
- Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food (1995)
- 2Pac - All Eyez on Me (1996)
- Makaveli - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
- Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfather (1996)
- Various artists - Death Row Greatest Hits (1996)
- Various artists - Christmas on Death Row (1996)
- Nate Dogg - G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 (1997) (shelved)
- Various artists - Gridlock'd soundtrack (1997)
- The Lady of Rage - Necessary Roughness (1997)
- Various artists - Gang Related (1997)
- Daz Dillinger - Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back (1998)
- Michel'le - Hung Jury (1998)
- 2Pac - Greatest Hits (1998)
- Various artists - Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000 (1999)
- 2Pac + Outlawz - Still I Rise (1999)
- Various artists - Too Gangsta for Radio (2000)
- Snoop Dogg - Dead Man Walkin' (2000)
- 2Pac - Until the End of Time (2001)
- Tha Dogg Pound - 2002 (2001)
- Snoop Doggy Dogg - Death Row's Snoop Doggy Dogg Greatest Hits (2001)
- Mark Morrison - Innocent Man (2002) (Death Row UK; shelved)
- N.I.N.A. - New Identity Non Apllicable (2002) (shelved)
- 2Pac - Better Dayz (2002)
- Various artists - Dysfunktional Family soundtrack (2003)
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